Stanley headed to UNC Saturday

By Phil Kornblut

OL Donnell Stanley of Latta will be at North Carolina this Saturday for a junior day according to his mentor Chris German. This will be his second junior day. He was at USC earlier this month. Stanley plans to return to USC for its next junior day and also wants to get to USC for a baseball game. He'd like to give baseball a shot in college as well. He also wants to get to Clemson for a baseball game. Stanley will take several visits this summer to schools he has not seen. Among those will be Florida, Florida State, Alabama and Ohio State. Stanley has not narrowed his list and has no favorite between USC and Clemson German said. He is sitting on 14 offers at this point. Academics will play a major role in Stanley's decision. He wants to major in physical education or sports management. Stanley's mother also will play a major role in the decision making process.

OL Branton Autry (6-4 320) of Coffeyville JC, KS is getting a lot of interest from USC these days and when he gets around to deciding on official visits he will take this summer and fall, he's confident the Gamecocks will get one.

Laurens DB Thomas Jones (6-3 200) is gaining momentum in recruiting circles. He recently was offered by North Carolina and Saturday he picked up an offer from USC while attending a junior day. He also has offers from Duke, Charlotte and Miami of Ohio and Clemson is showing some interest. He plans to go to Clemson for the spring game April 11th.

6-4 Jamall Gregory of Washington, DC made an official visit to USC over the weekend with his mother and he's now ready to make his college decision. Gregory said he plans to decide between the Gamecocks and Kansas State between now and Wednesday. He has not yet visited Kansas State.

Goose Creek DE Javon Kinlaw (6-7 265) has had USC at the top of his list since the Gamecocks were the first to offer him in August 2014. And he went to the Gamecocks' junior day Saturday thinking he might be ready to commit. But that didn't happen Saturday and Kinlaw say no commitment is coming from him anytime soon.

Conway WR Bryan Edwards (6-3 208) attended USC's junior day Saturday with the Gamecocks and Georgia at the top of his list and hoping to get some clarity about his recruiting. Apparently things became real clear to him on this visit because Edwards committed to the Gamecocks.